The Biden administration has used an emergency authority to allow the sale of about 14,000 tank shells to Israel without congressional review. How and where exactly U.S. weapons are used has come under more scrutiny, even though U.S. officials say there are no plans to put conditions on military aid to Israel or to consider withholding some of it.
My first thought too. I wonder if it’s a clause specific to Israel or if it can even be applied to Ukraine? Maybe they’re testing the waters with the Israel thing, then if that goes through then they’ll do the same thing with Ukraine and anybody that opposes it is also “blocking aid to Israel”?
If you read the article your questions will be answered.
Not in the detail I would have liked. So declaring it an immidiate risk to US security is seemingly possible, but what are the standards there? Who can check the justification? What pre-defined guidelines for such an assessment exist?
Congress wrote the law and those particulars I am not aware of, but clearly it would be up to Congress to verify the justifications.
How in the Sweet Jesus is a regional group only interested in a regional conflict more of a national security threat than Russia whose publicly said they want to invade a NATO country next?
Is someone out there rooting for nukes?